Mississippi & Fox River Drainage District v. Ruddick

This is a suit by the Mississippi and Fox River Drainage District of Clark County, Missouri, against A. J. Ruddick and C. A. Ruddick to collect an assessment levied against land owned jointly by them and located within the boundaries of said drainage district. The case was tried without the aid of a jury and resulted in a judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.

The case was submitted to the trial court upon an agreed statement of facts from which it appears that the Mississippi and Fox River Drainage District of Clark County, Missouri, was duly incorporated as a drainage district on…